John cage silence lectures and writings, 50th anniversary. Silence is a collection of essays and lectures cage wrote during the period from 1939 to 1961. He published silence in 1961, which included lectures and writings from the period 19391958. Silence isbn 9780819560285 pdf epub john cage ebook. The quotations are some from the writings of others and some from my own writings. Silence, a year from monday, m, empty words and x in this order form the five parts of a series of books in which cage tries, as he says, to find a way of writing which comes from ideas, is not about them, but which produces them.
An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. John cage at the university of illinois, 195269, 1999. David revill composer john cage is often described as the most influential musician of the last halfcentury. John cage 1912 1992 was an american composer, music theorist, writer, philosopher and provocative artist. Cage possesses one of the rarest qualities of the true creator that of an original mind and whether that originality pleases, irritates, amuses or outrages is irrelevant. Silence examines the ways twentynine artists invoke silence to shape space and consciousness, most. A year from monday isbn 9780819560025 pdf epub john cage. Over the last century, many artists and filmmakers have used silence as subject matter and medium, exploring it as symbol, phenomenon, memorial device, and oppressive force. In these lectures, scores, and writings, cage tries, as he says, to find a way of writing that comes from ideas, is not about them, but that produces them. Silence and silencing douglas kahn that a disagreeable noise should be as grateful to the ear as the sweet tones of a lyre is a thing i shall never attain to.
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I framed a copy of the score and it hangs in my house. Silence, john cages first book and epic masterpiece, was published in october 1961. The american record guide there is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. About the author his teacher, arnold schoenberg, said john cage was not a composer but an inventor of genius. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
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